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In Halina Reijne’s “Babygirl”, he plays the young intern who overwhelms Nicole Kidman, body and soul. Another role cleverly chosen by Harris Dickinson, a sex symbol from across the Channel and a star in the making.
Harris Dickinson: Redefining Masculinity and Captivating the Screen as a Modern Icon
If beauty is not eaten in a salad, Harris Dickinson nourishes Babygirl in modern scenes and satisfies the appetite of his contemporaries for a fresh representation of masculinity. Like Jacob Elordi, Harris Dickinson, 28, claims the status of the modern symbol of his time.
When the Australian lit up Barry Keoghan in Saltburn (Emerald Fennell, 2023), this Englishman named Desire ignited Nicole Kidman, almost thirty years his senior, for the needs of an equally scathing erotic drama. Spoiler: the sequence where he undulates in front of her, bare-chested and tattoos in the wind, to the suave rhythm of a George Michael hit, Father Figure, should accelerate both his glory and the melting of the glaciers.
The Palme d’Or winner Sans filter (Ruben Östlund, 2022) already resented his body, but it was to better humiliate Carl, his model character, who rejected at a casting on the pretext of a wrinkle
between the eyes – the famous “triangle of sadness” of the original title. Dropping his shirt again, HarrisDickinson this time plays the intern of a robotics company capable of subduing an authoritarian boss, ashamed of her fantasies, with a lot of glasses of milk and guttural “Good girl”. “Humor has always been part of the project,” admits the person concerned during a too-brief Zoom, ” as it is part of the sexual dynamic between two people who discover each other and show themselves vulnerable.”
Bond, Lennon or both?
The ideal herald of his generation, the actor says he benefited from a real safe space (or “positive space”) on the set of director Halina Reijn: “We worked with a wonderful intimacy coordinator. If there is trust, and love, everything is fine. At the beginning, I was stressed about playing opposite Nicole Kidman but, in addition to being audacious, she is so disarming, and easy-going that she creates an atmosphere that allows the whole team to do good work.
Not boastful in the least, and charmingly shy, the tall blond is reluctant to discuss his bio. He grew up in the east of London, in the middle class, and left school at 17. A stubborn search of the depths of the Internet reveals, in bulk, that he made skate videos as a kid; that he would have joined the army if a drama teacher had not caught him by the collar; that Kes ( Ken Loach, 1969) is one of his favorite films, so much so that he has it inked on his right arm.
Harris Dickinson: A Versatile Star Navigating Between Blockbusters and Indie Masterpieces
What is impressive, in any case, is the shrewd eclecticism of his career since his revelation at the Sundance festival, as a gay little thug who doesn’t assume it, in the very indie Beach Boys (Eliza Hittman, 2017). Between big machines ( Maleficent: Mistress of Evil , by Joachim Rønning, The King’s Man: First Mission , by Matthew Vaughn) and more or less cutting-edge auteur films ( The Souvenir, Part II, by Joanna Hogg, Scrapper, by Charlotte Regan, Iron Claw , by Sean Durkin, where he was unrecognizable as a wrestler), he lets himself be guided by his curiosity: “I want to explore different universes, to try things.
And then, I don’t like the pretension or snobbery that sometimes surround cinema. There’s something for everyone.” » According to the rumor, which cited him among a hundred others as a potential successor to the number 007, Harris Dickinson would be in the running to play John Lennon in the four feature films that Sam Mendes will devote to the Beatles. A boy in the wind, we tell you.
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